Life Saving Haircut
A Guide to Turning Barbers Into Skin Cancer First Responders
For Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the UK’s leading charity Melanoma Focus has launched an awareness campaign that aims to turn an everyday…
On July 9, Slanted Publishers had the pleasure of hosting the Small Logo Club for an evening of conversation and design. The…
New New Typography
Adventures in Transborder Typography
Are we stuck with the established typographic principles of the 20th century? 100 years after the proclamation of the so-called “New Typography”…
HfG Karlsruhe Rundgang 2026
Annual Exhibition
From 16–19 July 2026, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe) opens its doors for the annual Rundgang, presenting around 100…
WOMEN* & TYPE
FLAGS WITH A MESSAGE
The museum moves into the streets, while the streets enter the museum. Typography is everywhere and shapes the way we perceive written…
GridType Vol. 1
Type & Tools
Exploring the relationship between type design and tools, GridType Vol. 1 presents an edition of ten typefaces created with the experimental type tool grid-type.com. With typefaces…
Hot Summer Werkschau Design 2026
Graduation Show Peter Behrens School of Arts
At the end of the summer term 2026, the graduates of the Design departments of the Peter Behrens School of Arts at…
Plain Text 3
A Semi-Annual Publication for Exploratory Type Design
Plain Text is a semi-annual publication for exploratory type design, edited and designed by Lucas Descroix and Benjamin Dumond under their type…
The Faculty of Design and Art at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts invites you to discover the Werkschau 2026—an exhibition…
Na Pancada Desvairada
Reimagining Mário de Andrade’s Research
Na Pancada Desvairada (2026) by Grupo Anima is an album featuring compositions and arrangements based on melodies documented by Mário de Andrade…
Designpreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2026
Call for Entries
The Designpreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2026 is now open for entries. Designers, studios, agencies, companies, craft businesses and emerging talents are invited to submit…
PHOSPHORUS
Visual Book
These are not illustrations, but existential cries. Everyone experiences moments in which a rupture becomes visible in what once felt like a…
The Story of The Northern Block’s Next Series
Diversifying Design, Enabling Evolution and Mastering Universal Communication
Between 2012 and 2017, several of The Northern Block’s typefaces reached a new level of maturity. This raised a question: how could…
Recap CXI 2026 in Bielefeld
A Look Behind the Scenes of Contemporary Brand Building
On June 12, 2026, the CXI – Conference on Corporate Identity took place at the Rudolf-Oetker-Halle in Bielefeld. Together with a group…
Limited Special Edition Digital Tools
Art Prints
In collaboration with Metapaper and Gallery Print we are thrilled to present a special edition of Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools. In addition…
What Are You Doing, Dave?
A Critical Essay on Generative AI and Graphic Design
Tools Don't Replace, They Are Tools. A passing glance at the history of design is enough to recall that Letraset did not…
TYPOZONE /6/—Tipobiomimetics
Typography Biennale, Eger, HU
Typozone is an international typography and graphic design biennale organized by the Media and Design Institute of Eszterházy Károly Catholic University in…
Recap: European Design Festival 2026
Sofia, Bulgaria
The European Design Festival 2026 brought the European design community to Sofia this year. The Bulgarian capital proved to be the perfect…
An Ecology of Beasts
Designing Coexistence as a Collective Practice
In a moment when design is increasingly driven by individual authorship, speed, and finished outputs, An Ecology of Beasts proposes a different…
Typologie Vert
A New Edition of the Typologie Typographic Color Chart by Erik Spiekermann
Following the success of previous editions dedicated to French, Swiss, and British typographic design, the Typologie series expands its scope with a…
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